Ravzatu'l-riyahin fi hakk Car Yar li'l-Bükai - روضة الرياحين في حق جار يار للبكائى

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 10892
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1169
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 121 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 121 ff. Dimensions : 211 mm x 140 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a work on the character and virtues of the first four Caliphs (Rashidun) written by Şeyh Veliüddin İbn-i Halil el-Bükai in the reign of Sultan Mustafa III (1757-73 CE). There are 4 ebvap, each corresponding to a different Caliph, which are subdivided into 9 fusul. The text contains a single unvan. This manuscript was copied in 1169 AH (1755-56 CE).

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum in 1928.

Related Material

For more information on the author, see OM I, p. 46, where the date of the author's death is given as 1183 AH (1769-70 CE); and İst. Kit., p. 527, where an alternative title is given as Menakıb-i Çahar Yar-i güzin.